<p>We present the preparation and measurement of the radioactive isotope <InlineEquation ID="IEq4"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(^{37}\textrm{Ar}\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mrow> <mmultiscripts> <mrow /> <mrow /> <mn>37</mn> </mmultiscripts> <mtext>Ar</mtext> </mrow> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation>, which was produced using thermal neutrons from a reactor, as a calibration source for liquid xenon time projection chambers. <InlineEquation ID="IEq5"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(^{37}\textrm{Ar}\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mrow> <mmultiscripts> <mrow /> <mrow /> <mn>37</mn> </mmultiscripts> <mtext>Ar</mtext> </mrow> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation> is a low-energy calibration source with a half-life of 35.01 days, making it suitable for calibration in the low-energy region of liquid xenon dark-matter experiments. Radioactive isotope <InlineEquation ID="IEq6"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(^{37}\textrm{Ar}\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mrow> <mmultiscripts> <mrow /> <mrow /> <mn>37</mn> </mmultiscripts> <mtext>Ar</mtext> </mrow> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation> was produced by irradiating <InlineEquation ID="IEq7"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(^{36}\textrm{Ar}\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mrow> <mmultiscripts> <mrow /> <mrow /> <mn>36</mn> </mmultiscripts> <mtext>Ar</mtext> </mrow> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation> with thermal neutrons. It was subsequently measured in a gaseous xenon time projection chamber (GXe TPC) to validate its radioactivity. Our results demonstrate that <InlineEquation ID="IEq8"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(^{37}\textrm{Ar}\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mrow> <mmultiscripts> <mrow /> <mrow /> <mn>37</mn> </mmultiscripts> <mtext>Ar</mtext> </mrow> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation> is an effective and viable calibration source that offers precise calibration capabilities in the low-energy domain of xenon-based detectors.</p>

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Preparation and measurement of an \(^{37}\textrm{Ar}\) source for liquid xenon detector calibration

  • Xu-Nan Guo,
  • Chang Cai,
  • Fei Gao,
  • Yang Lei,
  • Kai-Hang Li,
  • Chun-Lei Su,
  • Ze-Peng Wu,
  • Xiang Xiao,
  • Ling-Feng Xie,
  • Yi-Fei Zhao,
  • Xiao-Peng Zhou

摘要

We present the preparation and measurement of the radioactive isotope \(^{37}\textrm{Ar}\) 37 Ar , which was produced using thermal neutrons from a reactor, as a calibration source for liquid xenon time projection chambers. \(^{37}\textrm{Ar}\) 37 Ar is a low-energy calibration source with a half-life of 35.01 days, making it suitable for calibration in the low-energy region of liquid xenon dark-matter experiments. Radioactive isotope \(^{37}\textrm{Ar}\) 37 Ar was produced by irradiating \(^{36}\textrm{Ar}\) 36 Ar with thermal neutrons. It was subsequently measured in a gaseous xenon time projection chamber (GXe TPC) to validate its radioactivity. Our results demonstrate that \(^{37}\textrm{Ar}\) 37 Ar is an effective and viable calibration source that offers precise calibration capabilities in the low-energy domain of xenon-based detectors.